LAS Art Foundation

Jakob Kudsk Steensen
BerlBerl.world

Ongoing

Online Experience

In conjunction with his LAS commissioned exhibition at Halle am Berghain, which was on view from 10 July until 26 September 2021, artist Jakob Kudsk Steensen took over LAS Online and created an online experience of Berl-Berl in collaboration with International Magic.

The virtual world BerlBerl.world begins with a swamp as its protagonist – its ecosystem, history and mythologies – and pays tribute to Berlin's origin as a wetland that formed over 10,000 years ago, and was drained in the 1700s. ‘Berl’, the ancient Slavic word for ‘swamp’, is thought to be the origin of ‘Berlin’ and gave the exhibition its name.

To explore Berl-Berl online, scroll the Triglav: a deity that represents the three dimensions of Slavic cosmology: heaven, earth, and the underworld.